Bad News Bears
“Baseball has rules. Meet the exceptions.”
Morris Buttermaker is a burned-out minor league baseball player who loves to drink and can't keep his hands to himself. His long-suffering lawyer arranges for him to manage a local Little League team, and Buttermaker soon finds himself the head of a rag-tag group of misfit players. Through unconventional team-building exercises and his offbeat coaching style, Buttermaker helps his hapless Bears prepare to meet their rivals, the Yankees.
Genres
Comedy
Studio
Media Talent Group
Language
en
Status
Released
How Bad News Bears performed
Budget
$30.0M
Worldwide Gross
$34.3M
Gross Profit
$4.3M
Return
1.1× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$5M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Comedy) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Morris Buttermaker
Billy Bob Thornton
Morris Buttermaker
Roy Bullock
Greg Kinnear
Roy Bullock
Liz Whitewood
Marcia Gay Harden
Liz Whitewood
Amanda Whurlitzer
Sammi Kane Kraft
Amanda Whurlitzer
Toby Whitewood
Ridge Canipe
Toby Whitewood
Mike Engelberg
Brandon Craggs
Mike Engelberg
Kelly Leak
Jeffrey Davies
Kelly Leak
Tanner Boyle
Timmy Deters
Tanner Boyle
Miguel Agilar
Carlos Estrada
Miguel Agilar
Jose Agilar
Emmanuel Estrada
Jose Agilar
Matthew Hooper
Troy Gentile
Matthew Hooper
Ahmad Abdul Rahim
Kenneth 'K.C.' Harris
Ahmad Abdul Rahim
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